Post by: magnanimous_j on March 27, 2015, 03:13:42 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on March 27, 2015, 03:17:38 PM
Post by: Wazukie on March 27, 2015, 03:20:10 PM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on March 27, 2015, 03:27:17 PM
Post by: 270Shooter on March 28, 2015, 12:13:59 PM
Post by: Firedogg on March 28, 2015, 04:46:56 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 03, 2015, 06:40:59 PM
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on June 04, 2015, 02:44:07 PM
I suspect the hatch is on.I agree - looking good for a good hatch
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!
Post by: bobcat on June 04, 2015, 02:51:40 PM
I suspect the hatch is on.I agree - looking good for a good hatch
Mild weather even warm weather this weekend and into next week with the right amount of moisture to provide the bugs....Fall's already looking good!
:IBCOOL:
Post by: Curly on June 04, 2015, 02:52:48 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 08, 2015, 08:35:04 AM
While they're a) available and b) at off-season prices.
:tup:
Post by: bobcat on June 08, 2015, 08:40:45 AM
NOW is the time to be stocking up on shotgun shells for the fall.
While they're a) available and b) at off-season prices.
:tup:
I've got 40-some boxes. I wonder if that will be enough? :dunno:
Post by: Special T on June 08, 2015, 08:52:07 AM
Post by: bobcat on June 08, 2015, 09:12:17 AM
8x12 = 96
That's 4 boxes of shotgun shells. I think I'll be good with the 40+ that I have on hand. :tup:
Post by: magnanimous_j on June 09, 2015, 05:54:26 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 14, 2015, 03:18:23 PM
Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?
Where are you? I like to hunt way up high or on the eastside. Could be we'll bump into each other behind a bush somewheres ;) :hello:
Good luck
Post by: magnanimous_j on June 14, 2015, 05:07:34 PM
Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?
Where are you? I like to hunt way up high or on the eastside. Could be we'll bump into each other behind a bush somewheres ;) :hello:
Good luck
Im in Seattle, so I have to travel regardless. I might as well go where there might be some expert guidance.
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on June 14, 2015, 05:38:25 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 14, 2015, 07:36:53 PM
Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?How do you typically go for them? Walk, dog, road hunt? Shotgun, .22, bow?
Post by: magnanimous_j on June 16, 2015, 04:47:04 PM
Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?How do you typically go for them? Walk, dog, road hunt? Shotgun, .22, bow?
No dog. Usually walk forest service roads and get them with the 12 gauge when they flush. But I'm a noob. I'm definitely not stuck in my ways. I also have a 10/22 with a cheapo 4x scope I could use too.
Post by: cougarbart on June 16, 2015, 05:35:32 PM
Post by: AspenBud on June 16, 2015, 11:39:11 PM
Post by: T-Bone on June 18, 2015, 03:18:04 PM
I forecast that a lot of new grouse habitat will be made this year :tup: when forest fire season really gets going. It's only starting!
My fear is that a good portion of the National Forests will be shut off to us and forest grouse like water; so I also fear the tender dryness will make alot of coverts "grouse-less".
Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 18, 2015, 07:00:05 PM
I usually go specifically for grouse later in the season, mostly walking overgrown roads. For the areas I go:Any westsiders want to do a day sometime this fall?How do you typically go for them? Walk, dog, road hunt? Shotgun, .22, bow?
No dog. Usually walk forest service roads and get them with the 12 gauge when they flush. But I'm a noob. I'm definitely not stuck in my ways. I also have a 10/22 with a cheapo 4x scope I could use too.
First part season is usually hot, dry, long days, long range shots and grouse that aren't so hungry as to feed all day. The dry part makes it tough(er) to quietly sneak on them. Plus it seems like adding the hot, they only make a brief early morning/late evening appearance and kind of stick to shadows near water. They aren't exactly cold, so they can hole up for the most of day. So early, most fall to the .22 or whatever is being used for bear/deer.
Last half is usually cool/cold, rainy, short daylight hours and birds out most of the day feeding. Seems that being pent up for a few rainy days makes for hungry grouse. So they have to feed all day long, which isn't but around nine hours or so with long nights. Plus softer ground from rain and no shadows due to clouds to spook them, you can get in good shotgun range.
Post by: Dave Workman on June 25, 2015, 11:37:51 AM
mornings and evenings. Old logging roads, berry fields, even lesser-used hiking trails.
Go high for the blues. Work the creek bottoms and alder thickets for ruffed.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 25, 2015, 12:53:02 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on June 25, 2015, 01:03:25 PM
Post by: magnanimous_j on June 25, 2015, 01:21:47 PM
Post by: JimmyHoffa on June 25, 2015, 02:33:17 PM
I saw a few of them driving down a FS road about 25 miles north of Aberdeen last weekend.You saw grouse driving? What were you on?
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on June 25, 2015, 02:38:11 PM
What were they driving?I saw a few of them driving down a FS road about 25 miles north of Aberdeen last weekend.You saw grouse driving? What were you on?
Post by: magnanimous_j on June 25, 2015, 02:40:32 PM
I saw a few of them driving down a FS road about 25 miles north of Aberdeen last weekend.You saw grouse driving? What were you on?
lol. Stupid commas
Post by: Naches Sportsman on July 13, 2015, 10:22:29 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 14, 2015, 06:34:17 AM
Post by: xrangerx on July 26, 2015, 04:29:49 PM
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on July 26, 2015, 05:15:59 PM
Post by: Naches Sportsman on July 28, 2015, 08:58:37 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on July 29, 2015, 06:53:01 AM
It should be one hell of a year for grouse hunting. Very good numbers.
I swear I am seeing dozens every time I go out. Blue and Ruffed.
Post by: Ironhead on July 29, 2015, 07:02:34 AM
Post by: Dave Workman on August 01, 2015, 05:12:27 PM
:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
23 DAYS TO GO
Post by: Dave Workman on August 04, 2015, 01:04:59 PM
Grouse are rumored to be on the warpath. Prepare to mount a counter-offensive.
:yeah:
Post by: bobcat on August 04, 2015, 01:09:50 PM
Post by: grundy53 on August 04, 2015, 01:42:19 PM
Any news on grouse in the Willapa Hills? That's where I'll be September 1st, with my trusty Remington 1100 LT-20.There are plenty grouse in there.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 06, 2015, 05:54:03 PM
Post by: 2labs on August 06, 2015, 05:56:54 PM
Post by: Heartsblood on August 10, 2015, 01:59:37 PM
Saw this gal and 3 of her brood yesterday. Took the girlfriend out for an impromptu scouting trip/drive.
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 10, 2015, 02:04:44 PM
Post by: Heartsblood on August 10, 2015, 02:06:42 PM
:P
Post by: jasnt on August 10, 2015, 02:07:09 PM
Post by: Southpole on August 10, 2015, 02:15:35 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 10, 2015, 03:21:49 PM
Post by: Mfowl on August 10, 2015, 03:33:15 PM
Post by: grundy53 on August 10, 2015, 03:39:46 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on August 11, 2015, 01:33:56 PM
:IBCOOL:
Post by: JimmyHoffa on August 12, 2015, 01:15:08 PM
Post by: WSU on August 12, 2015, 01:19:06 PM
I saw 2 ruffed grouse in my front yard this last weekend. They were in some shrubs scurrying around, then I spotted a red tailed hawk in there with them trying to get a meal >:( . First time in 11 years of living there that I've ever seen grouse in my yard.
I saw 2 last week in the woods behind my pasture in Tumwater. I don't know how common they are around my house but they are the first I've seen in 3 or 4 years here.
Post by: bobcat on August 12, 2015, 01:20:09 PM
Post by: AspenBud on August 12, 2015, 01:42:18 PM
Last Saturday I drove over 100 miles on Weyerhaeuser roads in the Willapa Hills, from daylight to dark. Did not see a single grouse. I was planning to hunt grouse on opening day, but my optimism has gone down considerably.
Hunt the food, not the bird...and in this drought, go where the water is.
Post by: jasnt on August 12, 2015, 04:08:56 PM
:yeah:Last Saturday I drove over 100 miles on Weyerhaeuser roads in the Willapa Hills, from daylight to dark. Did not see a single grouse. I was planning to hunt grouse on opening day, but my optimism has gone down considerably.
Hunt the food, not the bird...and in this drought, go where the water is.
Post by: Dave Workman on August 28, 2015, 12:27:45 PM
:IBCOOL:
Post by: magnanimous_j on August 28, 2015, 12:28:41 PM
Post by: 87Ford on August 28, 2015, 08:32:53 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on August 31, 2015, 05:21:56 PM
Saw 12 Blues tonight.. :tup:
Well they'll be singing the blues come Tuesday!
YEE HAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Post by: Southpole on September 09, 2015, 02:42:20 PM
Post by: csaaphill on September 21, 2015, 01:54:48 AM
for later since only just went out some today, but ya thinking the eastsides not gonna be very good but who knows.
Post by: JJ79 on September 21, 2015, 08:42:31 PM
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